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Coroners report on trampers death in New Zealand

PostPosted: Thu 15 Jun, 2023 5:26 am
by wayno
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/132300 ... tery-death

A coroner investigating the case of tramper Stephanie Simpson has been unable to unravel the mystery of her 2020 death.

The 32-year-old had placed her tramping boots neatly next to each other on the side of a creek in the Pyke River Gorge, near Wānaka.

Several days later her body was found drowned 800m downstream.

Re: Coroners report on trampers death in New Zealand

PostPosted: Mon 19 Jun, 2023 12:23 pm
by GPSGuided
Sad and RIP.


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Re: Coroners report on trampers death in New Zealand

PostPosted: Mon 19 Jun, 2023 12:49 pm
by wayno
I'm guessing visibility was bad and she missed the hut on the way back from the glacier... the ridge splits into a couple of subtle spurs, the first one takes you down into the stream, it starts out ok, but it gets very steep and goes into a nasty steep canyon, you must back track...